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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1964:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |
| Cases notified for the first time. | 33 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Other additions to register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas. | 20 | 25 | 45 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cases on Register at 31st December,1964 | 714 | 585 | 1,299 | 46 | 45 | 91 |
The following Table gives the age groups of new cases notified:
TABLE NO. 16
| FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notification of New Cases | ||||||||||||
| 0- 1 | 1- 4 | 5- 14 | 15- 24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65- 74 | 75 & up | Total (All ages) | ||
| PULMONARY - | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | - | 33 | |
| Females | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 14 | |
| NON-PULMONARY | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Females | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| TOTAL: | - | - | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | - | 53 | |
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